Massachusetts tried a health care system that gave every citizen the right to free care. It was promptly abandoned after one month due to exponential cost increases
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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What factor contributed to the growth of federal bureaucracy during the twentieth century?
a. the passage of the Hatch Act in 1939 b. the elimination of the spoils system at the turn of the century c. increased demands upon government during the Great Depression d. the creation of new congressional powers during World War II
North Korea’s invasion of South Korea led to a major escalation of the Cold War because __________
a. it came just as the National Security Council forecast a Soviet plan for global domination, and called for a vast increase in the military budget b. it reminded Truman of Hitler moving into the Rhineland, leading the president to respond in a knee-jerk fashion. c. Secretary of State Dean Acheson had suggested that the U.S. would have to respond to trouble in Korea, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff planned accordingly d. it confirmed the worst American suspicions about Stalin’s expansionist ambitions
What is a collection of beliefs that begins with basic perceptions about politics and moves to a more systematic set of ideas about power?
A. An Ideology. B. Charismatic Politics. C. Political Socialization. D. A Political Culture. E. A Nomos.
Although the states have the authority to set the minimum drinking age, the United States has a national legal alcohol consumption age of twenty-one because ______
a. state compacts have led to a uniform drinking age b. the federal government threatened to withhold highway funds from any state that didn’t have a drinking age of twenty-one c. all states are now sensitive to the consequences of underage drinking d. prohibition groups have lobbied successfully for a higher drinking age in all states e. the international standard for the legal drinking age is twenty-one